Drying rack



March 10, 1925- 1,529,231:

- E. H. ARNOLD DRYING RACK Filed March 12, 1923 Patented Mar, 10, 1925.

UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN H. ARNOLD, OF MAYWOOD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO GUSTAV W.

ARNOLD, OF WINN'ETKA, ILLINOIS.

DRYING RACK.

' Application filed March 12, 1923. Serial No. 624,473.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN H. ARNOLD, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Maywood, county of Cook, and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Drying Racks, ofwhich the. following is a specification.

This invention relates to racks, and particularly to clothes dryingracks for household use.

The main objects of this invention are to provide an improved form ofclothes drying rack which is adapted for ready attachment to a.radiator, hot air register, or other similar heating unit; to provideimproved means for adjustably securing together the separate parts of arack and for bracing them in their assembled relation; and to pro-,

vide improved means for securing the upright standard of the rack totheheating unit.

An illustrative embodiment of this invention is shown in theaccompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the drying rack applied to a steamor hot water radiator.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1. showing the rack applied to ahot air register.

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail in elevation of one of the fasteningclips, part of one of the supporting arms and upright standard beingalso shown.

Figure 4 is a horizontal section taken on the line 4-4; of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a transverse section taken on the line 5-5. of Figure 3.

Figure 6 is an enlarged detail of one of the clamps which secure thestandard to the heating unit, the standard beingshown in section and oneof the heating coils belng shown in dotted outline.

The improved rack is adapted for various household uses, but theparticular embodiment herein illustrated is arranged for attachment to asteam or hot water radiator, or a hot air register or other similarheating unit, so that the heated air rising from the unit may beutilized for drying purposes.

.,The rack as shown includes improved clips 1 for fastening thehorizontal supporting arms 2 to an upright standard 3. The clips arearranged to permit the supporting arms to be adjusted angularly andvertically on the standard. The standard 3 is mounted on the heatingunit by means of clamps 4. i The clips 1 are preferably sheet metalstampings, and each comprises a pair of complementary members 5, whichare formed at one end to provide a socket or seat 6 for receiving theinner end of the supporting arm 2. In the form shown, the seat .6 isU-shaped to conform to the contour of the supporting arm, which, asillustrated, 1s a st1ck of rectangular cross section. The members 5 arerigidly secured together and to the supporting arm by rivets 7. I Themembers 5 are also formed to provide aws 8, adapted to slidably embracethe standard which, as illustrated, is in the form 7 of a cylindricalpole. Projecting outwardly from the jaws 8, are ears 9 engaged by aclamping screw 10 and a wing-nut 11 for drawing the jaws together toclamp the standard.

Formed on the members 5 below the seat- 6, 1s a pair of triangular parts12, which are riveted, spot-welded or otherwise rigidly securedtogether, as shown at 13, to form a depending brace or gusset to securethe arm against tilting. To prevent possible marring of the finishedsurface of the pole 3 by the gusset when the supporting arm is beingshifted, the inner edges of thetriangular parts 12 are bent outwardly toform flanges 14, presenting a smooth bearing surface to the standard.

The clamps 4 by which the rack is mounted on the heating unit arepreferably made of wrought iron, and each comprises a pair of members 15of identical construction, con nected at their medial parts by aclamping screw 16 and a wing-nut 17. The members 15 are formed toprovide jaws 18 and 19 arranged to grip the standard 3 and a part oftheheating unit, respectively. This form of clamp permits the uprightstandard to be readily adjusted as to height. When t e rack is appliedto a radiator, as shown in- Figure' 1, the clamps 4 grip one-of theradiator coils 20. When the device is applied to a hot air register, asshown in Figure 2,

the clamps 4 grip two adjacent bars 21 j to grip the standard.

of the register. In the form shown, the standard is supported. by two ofthe clamps 4.

The parts are designed-to permit the device to be readily set up foruse, and also to be compactly stored when the rack is not 1n use. I

Although but one specific embodiment of this invention has been hereinshown and described, it will be understood that some of the details ofthe construction shown may be altered or omitted without departin fromthe spirit of this invention as defined by the following claims.

I claim:

1. A rack comprising an upright standard in combination with an armarranged transversely thereto and a clip mounted on one end of said armand having adjustable means embracing said standard and having a partforming a brace extending between said arm and standard to secure saidarm against tilting.

2. A rack comprising an upright standard in combination with an armarranged transversely thereto, a clip mountedon one end of said arm andhaving jaws adapted to slidably embrace said standard, said clip havinga depending part forming a gusset arranged to brace said arm againstvertical tilting, and means for adjusting said jaws 3. A rack comprisingan ilpi'ight rod in combination with a supporting arm arranged at anangle thereto, a sheet metal clip rigidly mounted on one end of said armand being formed to provide a pair of arcuate jaws adapted to slidablyembrace said rod whereb said arm is adjustable axially and angularlywith respect to said rod, said clip aving an integral depending partforming a gusset arranged to brace said arm against said'rod to securesaid arm against tilting, and means for clamping said jaws to said rod.Y

4. A rack comprising an upright rod in combination with a supporting armarranged at an angle thereto, asheet metal clip including a pair ofcomplementary members having one end formed to provide a seat arrangedto receive the inner end of said arm, the other end of said membersbeing formed to provide a pair of arcuate jaws adapted toslidably'embrace said rod whereby said arm is adjustable axially andangularly with respect to said rod, said clip members having dependingparts located below said seat and forming a gusset arranged to bracesaid arm against said rod to secure said .arm against tilting, and meansfor clamping said jaws to said rod.

5. The combination with a heating unit of a drying rack comprising anupright rod, a supporting arm arranged at an angle thereto, asheet metalclip rigidlyimounted on said arm and including a pair of complementarymembers having one end formed to provide a substantially U-shaped seatarranged to receive the inner end of said arm, said members havingopposed parts formed to provide a pair 0 arcuate aws adapted to slidablyembrace said rod whereby said arm is adjustable axially and angularlywith respect to said rod, said clip members having depending partslocated below saidseat and formin a gusset to brace said arm againstVBItlCfil' tilting, means for clamping said jaws to said rod, and aclamp for'detachably securing said rod to the heating unit.

Signed at Chicago this 10 day of March 1923.

EDWIN H. ARNOLD.

